Literature, art and 10 pin bowling
A varied day indeed! Although it was my day off I went to the library for the reading group extra session with Alex Wheatle local author of "Island Songs". This was his second visit and 18 people came and thoroughly enjoyed meeting him. Calix looked after the group after I had done the introductions and all the feedback forms were very positive! After a picnic lunch (as usual) I went to Culvert Road and eventually found the 2 artists in large metal boxes (ex-garages?) next to the railway line. Chito Salarza recycles bottletops to make a surface and then covers it. He gave me a picture taken form a photo at the Thames Festival! Nick Watson does rather good prints of birds but uses newspaper in the frames which does not add to their appeal! I then crossed over the railway line to find Rosemarie Gwilliam's studio. She gave me a glass of white wine and her work is most impressive especially a fine pastel of the power station seen from the water. The original was stolen from F...